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<div style="position: absolute; top: 200px; left: 295px;">The Net Tender</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 289px; left: 295px;">Newsletter of St. Andrew &amp; St. John Episcopal Church </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 335px; left: 666px;">JUNE/JULY 2008 </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 368px; left: 301px;"><b>RECTOR’S REFLECTIONS </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 400px; left: 301px;">I’ve always loved June!  This is the month when the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 420px; left: 306px;">water gets (almost) warm enough for swimming.  It’s </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 441px; left: 301px;">the month when school lets out for summer (and yes, ten </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 462px; left: 301px;">years since leaving the classroom, I still love the sound </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 482px; left: 301px;">of that final bell!). June is the month when we would </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 503px; left: 301px;">rush out behind Grandma’s house with a quart pail and </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 524px; left: 301px;">visions of strawberry  shortcake in our heads.  I’m sure we picked more </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 545px; left: 301px;">than a quart of berries, but few made it to the pail.  Seldom would we  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 565px; left: 301px;">return to the kitchen with enough for shortcake. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 594px; left: 301px;">June was also the month for Vacation Bible School.  For me and my sib-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 615px; left: 301px;">lings, those two weeks were exciting times.  Every morning, we’d head for </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 636px; left: 301px;">the Second  Congregational Church in South Brewer, where we would hear </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 657px; left: 301px;">those wonderful stories about Noah and the Ark,  Daniel in the lion’s den, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 677px; left: 301px;">and of course, Jesus walking on the water.  We would color the pages from</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 698px; left: 301px;">our workbooks,  have a snack (Ritz crackers and Kool-Aid), and sing the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 719px; left: 301px;">songs that would stay with us for the rest of our lives.  I especially liked the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 739px; left: 301px;">one about Noah and the Ark. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 774px; left: 58px;">None of us realized it at the time, but those two weeks in June were so important in our formation as Chris-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 795px; left: 58px;">tians.  It was through the repetition of those stories, the singing of the songs, and most importantly, our time </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 815px; left: 58px;">with the wonderful teachers like Gertrude Davis, that the seeds of our faith was planted. Not all of us grew up </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 836px; left: 58px;">to be priests, certainly, but I think we all grew up to be better people.  I think we all grew up to have a deeper </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 857px; left: 58px;">appreciation for our heritage as members of the Body of Christ. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 886px; left: 58px;">This year, we’ll hold  Vacation Bible School at St. John during the second week in August.   There will be  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 907px; left: 58px;">stories, field trips, and lots of great songs.  Once again, VBS will be open to all children who wish to  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 927px; left: 58px;">attend. Once again, we’ll be depending on a group of committed volunteers to make the week happen.   </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 948px; left: 58px;">If you’d like to help in any way, please give me or Pamela a call.  We’d love to talk with you! </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 969px; left: 58px;">Love to all, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 989px; left: 58px;"><i>Fr. Richard  </i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 1057px; left: 58px;"><i>No city or house divided against itself will stand.</i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1076px; left: 58px;">Unity and power are connected, as are division and weakness. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1095px; left: 58px;">In his healing ministry, Jesus overcame the powers that damage </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1114px; left: 58px;">life. Those demonic powers include not only illnesses, but also </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1133px; left: 58px;">social, economic, and political powers. The unity of the com-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1152px; left: 58px;">munity is critical for the power of the Spirit to heal. Recall, in </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1171px; left: 58px;">Nazareth, when the community divided over Jesus, he could do </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1190px; left: 58px;">no deed of power there <i>(Mark 6:5</i>). </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1221px; left: 58px;">The Episcopal Church and other churches are presently divided </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1240px; left: 58px;">over issues of human sexuality, the role of women, the nature </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1259px; left: 58px;">of authority in the church, and relations with other faiths. These </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1057px; left: 497px;">divisions weaken the church and diminish the mission </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1076px; left: 497px;">of Christ. We are tempted to decry the divisions and </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1095px; left: 497px;">demand unity. But unity does not come because a </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1114px; left: 497px;">leader demands it. Unity comes when the people join </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1133px; left: 497px;">in a common mission, accept differences of opinion</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1152px; left: 497px;">and personality, and center on God. These cannot be </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1171px; left: 497px;">demanded. Aware that our divisions diminish the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1190px; left: 497px;">power of the Spirit to heal, we must work toward that </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1209px; left: 497px;">unity that will empower the mission of Christ. God is</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1228px; left: 497px;">in charge; we are to be faithful servants. The only </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1247px; left: 497px;">thing we can change is our attitude. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1266px; left: 497px;"><i>reprinted from Forward Day By Day, May 25, 2008</i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 1023px; left: 58px;"><b>THOUGHTS FOR OUR TIME—</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 1030px; left: 433px;">Matthew 12:22-32.  </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 1462px; left: 58px;">Not long ago, Margot Haertel gave me a small hym-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1483px; left: 58px;">nal entitled <i>Vestry Harmonies, </i>published in 1867 by </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1504px; left: 58px;">the Universalist Publishing House in Boston.  It’s </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1525px; left: 58px;">been fun browsing through it, finding many familiar </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1545px; left: 58px;">hymns and some unknown old timers.  Most re-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1566px; left: 58px;">cently, it made me think of our own “vestry harmo-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1587px; left: 58px;">nies” found in a wonderful group of parishioners, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1607px; left: 58px;">faithful in worship, discernment and hard work on </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1628px; left: 58px;">behalf of our parish.  We have had important discus-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1649px; left: 58px;">sions, respect each other’s opinions, and listened to </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1669px; left: 58px;">the concerns of parishioners. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1697px; left: 58px;">Thank you to the entire Vestry, and to Richard for </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1718px; left: 58px;">his leadership. We can’t say often enough that we</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1738px; left: 58px;">encourage all to share your suggestions, comments</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1759px; left: 58px;">and questions with anyone on the vestry. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1787px; left: 58px;">At this time, we give special appreciation to Doris</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1807px; left: 58px;">Walton and Sandy Watts, who have completed </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1828px; left: 58px;">three-year terms as seasonal vestry members.  We</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1849px; left: 58px;">welcome Ann Benson and Peggy Engel as their re-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1870px; left: 58px;">placements, (appointed by the Rector and Wardens) </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1890px; left: 58px;">and know their perspective will enrich our discus-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1911px; left: 58px;">sions. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1939px; left: 58px;">It felt as if summer had truly arrived on June 8, not </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1959px; left: 58px;">just with the warm weather but also with the joyful </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1980px; left: 58px;">re-opening of St. Andrew’s.  We continue to be </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2001px; left: 58px;">enormously appreciative of the generous gift which </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2021px; left: 58px;">makes it possible for us to worship there.  If you </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2042px; left: 58px;">have never worshipped there, I hope you’ll rise early </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2063px; left: 58px;">with the sun and join us one morning; in turn, we’ll </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2083px; left: 58px;">join you at St. John’s at ten sometimes.  As you </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2104px; left: 58px;">know, we are one church with two altars. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2125px; left: 58px;"><i>(We do plan to get back to the project of finishing </i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2146px; left: 58px;"><i>the undercroft there, a job we hope we can do with </i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2166px; left: 58px;"><i>lots of volunteer help.)</i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2194px; left: 58px;">June will be a busy month, as we continue planning </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2214px; left: 58px;">for the Quietside Fair on July 19—join the fun!  The </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2235px; left: 58px;">Capital Campaign Committee is beginning its im-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2256px; left: 58px;">portant discernment and planning process to make </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2277px; left: 58px;">our long-awaited expansion come to reality. With </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2297px; left: 58px;">Jim Vekasi and Becky Buyers Basso as Co-Chairs </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2318px; left: 58px;">and a number of parishioners enthusiastic about </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2339px; left: 58px;">working on various parts of the effort, I am deeply </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2359px; left: 58px;">impressed and hopeful about our opportunity to </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2380px; left: 58px;">deepen and broaden our ministry.  On <b>Sunday, July </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2401px; left: 58px;"><b>27 </b>we will hold a <b>special parish meeting </b>after the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2421px; left: 58px;">10 a.m. service at St. John—Brett Donham, our con-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2442px; left: 58px;">sulting architect, will be here to outline plans, and </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1462px; left: 450px;">you’ll be able to ask questions, and share your thoughts.  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1483px; left: 450px;">We’ll have a potluck or a picnic following the meeting. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1511px; left: 450px;">I enjoyed this first verse of the hymn, <i>Our Call</i>, from</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1531px; left: 450px;"><i>Vestry Harmonies </i>– </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1552px; left: 463px;"><i>God, who gave us each a talent, to employ it gave </i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1573px; left: 463px;"><i>command; If we hide it in a napkin, He will claim it at </i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1594px; left: 463px;"><i>our hand.  Let us, then, be up and doing, keeping still </i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1614px; left: 463px;"><i>this truth in view; Tho’ our path be ne’er so humble, </i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1635px; left: 463px;"><i>we have all a work to do, We have all a work to do. </i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1656px; left: 450px;">In peace, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1676px; left: 450px;"><i>Joan H. Bromage</i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1701px; left: 450px;">Senior Warden </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 1421px; left: 58px;"><b>NOTES FROM THE SENIOR WARDEN </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 1739px; left: 450px;"><b>BAKE SALE SUCCESS! </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1766px; left: 450px;"><b>MORE PLANS ARE COOKING! </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 1794px; left: 450px;">It only took ten days to pull together a very successful </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1814px; left: 450px;">pie sale, held on Saturday, May 17.  We made $167.00. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1835px; left: 450px;">Thanks to all who baked goodies, and special thanks to </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1856px; left: 450px;">Ida Smallidge and Peggy Walls who shivered in the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1877px; left: 450px;">wind and drizzle.  Fortunately one of Ted’s tents helped </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1897px; left: 450px;">protect them and the goodies. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1928px; left: 450px;">We still hope to host fundraisers (chowder? Crab rolls? </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1949px; left: 450px;">Hot dogs?) on several Saturdays when events take place </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1970px; left: 450px;">on Pemetic Green.  And plans are afoot to sell pies on </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 1990px; left: 450px;">Fridays, probably in August, in conjunction with the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2011px; left: 450px;">Farmer’s Market on Friday mornings.  (The Somesville </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2032px; left: 450px;">church has generously shared their expertise on how </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2052px; left: 450px;">they organize their successful sales!) </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2084px; left: 450px;">Since we can’t always know the “right” person to ask, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2104px; left: 450px;">please call Joan (244-3227) if you (with a friend?) could </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2125px; left: 450px;">take on planning these….You’ll find plenty of helpers! </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 2164px; left: 450px;"><b>FARMER’S MARKET OPENS </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 2192px; left: 450px;">“Once again St Andrew and St. John will be hosting the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2212px; left: 450px;">Friday Farmer’s Market in the St. John parking lot, start-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2233px; left: 450px;">ing on June 13.  The market opens before 9:00 a.m. and </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2254px; left: 450px;">generally shuts down around 1:00 pm. The market will </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2275px; left: 450px;">run into October when the weather turns  too cold for </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2295px; left: 450px;">the vendors. Almost all of the same</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2316px; left: 450px;">vendors will be returning.  In addition a </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2337px; left: 450px;">meat vendor, who had participated during </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2357px; left: 450px;">the first summer in 2005, will be return-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2378px; left: 450px;">ing.   Patrons of the market are also  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2399px; left: 450px;">encouraged to patronize other down town </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2419px; left: 450px;">businesses. This will be the fourth summer that the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2440px; left: 450px;">farmer’s market has come to Southwest Harbor.” </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2460px; left: 450px;"><i>Ted Fletcher</i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3535px; left: 690px;"><b>HAVE YOU </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3563px; left: 664px;"><b>REMEMBERED  </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3591px; left: 689px;"><b>ST. JOHN’S  </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3618px; left: 660px;"><b>IN YOUR WILL? </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2962px; left: 651px;"><b>PLEDGE UPDATE </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2989px; left: 693px;"><b>AS 5/30/08 </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3027px; left: 684px;">Pledged for 2007 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3048px; left: 715px;">$110,800 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3068px; left: 654px;">Pledges received to date </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3089px; left: 720px;">$45,909</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3110px; left: 649px;">Is your pledge up to date? </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3152px; left: 693px;"><b>INCOME &amp; </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3179px; left: 659px;"><b>EXPENDITURES </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3207px; left: 704px;"><b>UPDATE </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3234px; left: 673px;"><b>AS OF 5/30/08 </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3272px; left: 683px;">Budgeted income </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3293px; left: 720px;">$39,786 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3313px; left: 687px;">Income received </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3334px; left: 720px;">$34,262 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3355px; left: 660px;">Budgeted expenditures </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3375px; left: 720px;">$62,026 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3396px; left: 674px;">Actual expenditures </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3417px; left: 720px;">$56,375 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3438px; left: 657px;">Budgeted surplus/deficit </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3458px; left: 717px;">-$22,240 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3479px; left: 670px;">Actual surplus/deficit </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3500px; left: 717px;">-$22,122 </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 2609px; left: 58px;"><b>STEWARDSHIP 2008-09 AT ST. ANDREW AND ST. JOHN </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 2637px; left: 58px;">After being successfully led by Joe Murphy for the last three years, stewardship has become the domain of an </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2658px; left: 58px;">enthusiastic committee consisting of Sarah Flynn, Rod Lucas, Michele Daley, Father Richard Tardiff, Ted </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2679px; left: 58px;">Bromage, and Patsy Fogarty (chair).  The group had its first meeting on June 2nd and made two strategic deci-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2699px; left: 58px;">sions about how we will carry out our mission:  we consider stewardship to be a year-long endeavor, and we </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2720px; left: 58px;">believe that it encompasses the whole life of our church.  When you sign up to take responsibility to do coffee </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2741px; left: 58px;">after a Sunday service, or to participate in the Spring clean-up, you are being a steward of our parish, just as </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2761px; left: 58px;">when you make your annual pledge, or give to disaster relief through Episcopal Relief and Development. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2792px; left: 58px;">Over the course of the coming weeks, we hope to start a dialogue with you about stewardship and its role in </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2813px; left: 58px;">our lives.  This is especially important for a parish such as ours which is small in numbers but big in its heart, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2834px; left: 58px;">meaning that much must be asked of each of us.  We hope that you will share with us your own feelings about </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2855px; left: 58px;">stewardship and how we can better share the time, talent and treasure that each of us has been given with our </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2875px; left: 58px;">church family and with the wider community. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2895px; left: 58px;"><i>Patsy Fogarty </i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 2947px; left: 58px;"><b>THANK YOU FROM ERD </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 2975px; left: 58px;">Robert W. Radtke, President of Episcopal  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 2995px; left: 58px;">Relief and Development (ERD), has sent a let-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3016px; left: 58px;">ter thanking for parish for our contribution of $373.69, which was received </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3037px; left: 58px;">on April 16, 2008 and designated for the MDG Inspiration Fund. The Millen-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3058px; left: 58px;">nium Development Goals aim to cut global poverty and disease in half by </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3078px; left: 58px;">2015 and are a mission priority of the Episcopal Church. In other efforts, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3099px; left: 58px;">ERD continues to ask for donations to support relief efforts in Myanmar </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3120px; left: 58px;">(Burma) and in China. Ken Cochrane is the Diocesan representative of ERD </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3140px; left: 58px;">and would be able to answer any questions that you might have.  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3160px; left: 58px;"><i>Margot Haertel </i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3203px; left: 58px;"><b>REMEMBER MYANMAR! </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3231px; left: 58px;">In early May, Cyclone Narqis struck the Irrawaddy Delta in Myanmar, for-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3252px; left: 58px;">merly known as Burma.  We now know that more than 130,000 people have </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3273px; left: 58px;">been killed, with 2.4 million survivors still in need of assistance. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3304px; left: 58px;">Episcopal Relief and Development was able to transfer funds to Province </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3324px; left: 58px;">offices of the Anglican Church of Myanmar immediately after the cyclone </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3345px; left: 58px;">struck, and relief has been flowing through the six Burmese dioceses ever </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3366px; left: 58px;">since.  However, it is estimated that only 54% of the victims have as yet re-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3386px; left: 58px;">ceived help through ERD and the other relief agencies now on the ground in </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3407px; left: 58px;">Myanmar.  ERD estimates that long-term development, typically five to </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3428px; left: 58px;">eight years following a disaster of such enormous proportions, will be </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3449px; left: 58px;">needed and offered through our Church. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3480px; left: 58px;">As we enter a glorious season on our beautiful Island, please consider a gift </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3500px; left: 58px;">to these stricken families across the world through ERD. You can give online </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3521px; left: 58px;">at <font color="#3748a4" face="Times"><a href="http://er-d.org/" target="_blank">http://er-d.org</a></font>, or mail checks to Episcopal Relief and Development, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3542px; left: 58px;">Myanmar Response Fund, P.O. Box 7058, Merrifield, VA 22116-7058. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3562px; left: 58px;">Thank you. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3582px; left: 58px;"><i>Patsy Fogarty </i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3838px; left: 58px;">We met again with Brett Donham on May 10</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3838px; left: 393px;">, to </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3859px; left: 58px;">review three additional alternatives, requested at </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3880px; left: 58px;">our previous meeting, and get  a sense for the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3901px; left: 58px;">“magnitude of estimated costs” prepared by Brett.  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3921px; left: 58px;">Those in attendance were: Senior Warden Joan </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3942px; left: 58px;">Bromage, Paul Haertel, Spencer Ervin, Bob Stan-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3963px; left: 58px;">wood, Rita Redfield, Rev. Richard Tardiff, Patsy </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3983px; left: 58px;">Fogarty and Brett Donham. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4014px; left: 58px;">At our last meeting held on April 19</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 4014px; left: 332px;">and reported </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4035px; left: 58px;">in the last Net Tender, we requested these alterna-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4056px; left: 58px;">tives to enable a full range of possibilities for the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4076px; left: 58px;">Vestry and our congregation to consider.  Very </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4097px; left: 58px;">briefly, this range includes: </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4118px; left: 58px;">-  Alternative 4 which would provide only handi-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4139px; left: 58px;">capped access to the nave and improved access to </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4159px; left: 58px;">the undercroft. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4180px; left: 58px;">-  Alternative 5 detailing a revised and considered</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4201px; left: 58px;">response to meeting our long standing priorities </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4221px; left: 58px;">i.e. universal accessibility for the handicapped, a </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4242px; left: 58px;">rector’s office, dedicated space for Sunday school </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4263px; left: 58px;">and meetings and improved functionality of the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4283px; left: 58px;">undercroft. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4304px; left: 58px;">-  Alternative 6 describing how a new parish hall </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4325px; left: 58px;">might be added to our church facility as described </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4346px; left: 58px;">by Alternative 5. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4377px; left: 58px;">Without pre-judging future decisions by the Vestry </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4397px; left: 58px;">and congregation, the sense of this group was that </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4418px; left: 58px;">#4 did not accomplish our goals, #5 did and #6 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4439px; left: 58px;">was for a future time when our expanded congre-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4459px; left: 58px;">gation had demonstrated needs for the additional </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4480px; left: 58px;">space. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3838px; left: 436px;">With today’s construction costs, implementing any of the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3859px; left: 436px;">above alternatives will seem to most of us to be expen-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3880px; left: 436px;">sive.  To help us get more realistic cost estimates, how-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3901px; left: 436px;">ever, we asked Brett Donham to prepare cost estimate </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3921px; left: 436px;">packages for these three alternatives to be sent to a local </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3942px; left: 436px;">builder.  This was done and we are currently waiting for </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3963px; left: 436px;">this information from Rob Shea of E.L. Shea, Inc., Con-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 3983px; left: 436px;">tractors.  These are not bid packages, we are simply ask-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4004px; left: 436px;">ing for Mr. Shea’s good will and help in getting better cost</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4025px; left: 436px;">estimates. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4056px; left: 436px;">So, where do we go from here? A capital campaign com-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4076px; left: 436px;">mittee is being formed to organize the process of decision </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4097px; left: 436px;">and implementation.  As part of this, on Sunday July 27</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 4097px; left: 847px;">, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4118px; left: 436px;">Brett Donham will be here for a special meeting of the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4139px; left: 436px;">congregation to present these three alternatives, have a full </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4159px; left: 436px;">discussion, answer questions and describe how, from a </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4180px; left: 436px;">project management perspective, to move forward.  In  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4201px; left: 436px;">addition to choosing between building alternatives, this </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4221px; left: 436px;">will be a time to consider improving our long term finan-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4242px; left: 436px;">cial health through growing the endowment and meeting </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4263px; left: 436px;">other building needs such as energy efficiency.  There will </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4283px; left: 436px;">also be opportunities to learn about and discuss our vari-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4304px; left: 436px;">ous choices through small groups, and one-on-one com-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4325px; left: 436px;">mittee and Vestry members. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4356px; left: 436px;">If you are interested in participating actively in this proc-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4377px; left: 436px;">ess, or simply want to learn more about it, please contact </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4397px; left: 436px;">one of the committee members or co-chairs. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4417px; left: 436px;"><i>Becky Buyers-Basso and Jim Vekasi</i>, Capital </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4443px; left: 436px;">Campaign co-chairs </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4463px; left: 436px;"><i>Paul Haertel, </i>Steering Committee chair</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 3797px; left: 58px;"><b>STEERING COMMITTEE REPORT </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4513px; left: 58px;"><b>FOOD PANTRY REPORT </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 4544px; left: 58px;">The <i>Westside Food Pantry </i>completed its’ eighteenth season this past May. From November through May we </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4565px; left: 58px;">served 823 adults and 336 children in our community.  Along with providing over $46,000 in vouchers, we </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4586px; left: 58px;">distributed 61 Christmas dinners and 92 Easter dinners. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4617px; left: 58px;">The generosity of individuals and civic groups made it possible for us to keep our doors open an extra month </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4637px; left: 58px;">this year, which was a great help to our clients.  Food and fuel are still high and many of the seasonal jobs are </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4658px; left: 58px;">only just beginning. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4689px; left: 58px;">Through a grant, Healthy Acadia, in conjunction with Beech Hill Farm, has made it possible for 20 of our cli-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4710px; left: 58px;">ents to receive vouchers for delicious produce from the Farm Stand during their season.  We hope there will be </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4730px; left: 58px;">a way to make this an on-going opportunity for the <i>Food Pantry </i>and enable us to include more participants. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4761px; left: 58px;">As a significant outreach of St. Andrew and St. John, why not consider joining us next fall and become a mem-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4782px; left: 58px;">ber of the <i>Westside Food Pantry </i>committee? </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 4802px; left: 58px;"><i>Barbara Campbell</i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 4985px; left: 67px;">The Quietside Fair @ ST JOHN’S </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 5050px; left: 244px;"><b>AT THE <font color="#7a7b7d" face="Times">QUIETSIDE FESTIVAL</font></b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5050px; left: 361px;"><b>QUIETSIDE FESTIVAL</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 5084px; left: 353px;"><b>Southwest Harbor</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 5112px; left: 249px;">Saturday, July 19, 2008 </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 5212px; left: 309px;">LIVE DOWNEAST MUSIC</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 5249px; left: 340px;">SILENT AUCTION** </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5287px; left: 392px;">BOUTIQUE </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5324px; left: 347px;">TREASURE TROVE </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5361px; left: 371px;">HANDCRAFTS </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5399px; left: 355px;">THEME BASKETS </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 5436px; left: 284px;">PLANT AND FLOWER TABLE </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5473px; left: 339px;">LEMONADE STAND</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5511px; left: 251px;">HOME BAKED PIES AND COOKIES </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 5548px; left: 325px;">MAINE HANDCRAFTS </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5586px; left: 166px;">HANCOCK COUNTY MEDICAL MISSION BOOTH </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5632px; left: 238px;"><i><b>Proceeds from St. John's activities to be shared</b></i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5660px; left: 172px;"><i><b>between the Church &amp; the Hancock County Medical Mission</b></i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 5724px; left: 207px;"><b>** Silent Auction expanded this year to include a 1995 Ford F 150 </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5748px; left: 207px;"><b>Pickup · fuel oil · power ·  sail · other recreational activities · fan-</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5772px; left: 207px;"><b>tastic gift certificates for dining and merchandise. You don’t have </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5797px; left: 207px;"><b>to be present to win if you use our “Designated Bidder” to exer-</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5821px; left: 207px;"><b>cise your “Absentee Bid”. Some items being offered at “Buy it </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5845px; left: 58px;"><b>now” pricing on the day of the fair. See details on our website <a href="http://www.saintsmdi.org/" target="_blank"></a></b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 5848px; left: 684px;"><b><a href="http://www.saintsmdi.org/" target="_blank">www.saintsmdi.org</a></b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 5869px; left: 58px;"><b>or pick up an “Absentee Bidder” form during the fair.</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 5911px; left: 276px;"><b>St. Andrew &amp; St. John Episcopal Church</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 5935px; left: 316px;"><b>315 Main Street, P.O. Box 767, 207-244-3229  </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 5952px; left: 284px;"><b>Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679  <font color="#3748a4" face="Times"><a href="http://www.saintsmdi.org/" target="_blank">www.saintsmdi.or</a>g</font><i><font color="#2e2d2d" face="Times">"</font></i></b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 6173px; left: 58px;"><b>QUIETSIDE FAIR @ ST. JOHN'S—SATURDAY, JULY 19</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 6201px; left: 58px;">Things are moving along rapidly for our fair - of course you’ve already marked your calendars!  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6222px; left: 58px;">Festivities begin with music from the church steps at the conclusion of the parade, about 10:00 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6243px; left: 58px;">a.m., and will run until 3 p.m. It’s the place to get your plants, Maine made handcrafts, pie for </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6263px; left: 58px;">dessert, or one of the special gift baskets.  New this year will be the Boutique, a way station be-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6284px; left: 58px;">tween the Treasure Trove and the Silent Auction, which has some great donations, including another </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6305px; left: 58px;">chair decorated and embroidered by Susannah Jones – the chair given her by Sally Clark.  There’ll be </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6325px; left: 58px;">a ’95 Ford F150 Ranger to help you get your purchases home.  Enjoy dining out? We have lots of gift  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6346px; left: 58px;">certificates for that, as well as ones for merchandise, services, and recreational activities such as luncheon </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6367px; left: 58px;">cruises on <i>Adequate </i>a 1948 Beal &amp; Bunker 30’ lobster boat and a 4-5 hour sail from Bartlett’s Narrows via </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6388px; left: 58px;">Bass Harbor Light to Somes Harbor.  And, more is coming in everyday! </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6419px; left: 342px;">Our profits will be shared with the Hancock County Medical Mission, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6439px; left: 342px;">though helping to lessen or eliminate the deficit in our parish budget is </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6460px; left: 342px;">also extremely important.  To make this work, many willing hands are </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6481px; left: 342px;">needed to help set up, man the booths, bake goodies, and cleanup after-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6501px; left: 342px;">wards.  Do you have a neighbor you’ve been meaning to invite to </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6522px; left: 342px;">church? How about asking if they’d like to work with you? There are </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6543px; left: 342px;">sign-up sheets at both churches – please don’t be bashful!  Yes, there is </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6563px; left: 342px;">work involved, but it is also a fun day for all. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6584px; left: 340px;"><i>Ted Bromage</i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 6639px; left: 58px;"><b>Hop To It! </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 6667px; left: 58px;">It's time to be thinking about the basket raffle -- </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6688px; left: 58px;">now a tradition at St. John Quietside program on </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6708px; left: 58px;">Saturday, July 19. There are endless themes to </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6729px; left: 58px;">consider; for example:  books for children or </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6750px; left: 58px;">adults, blueberries, games for children, health </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6770px; left: 58px;">foods, gardening, the beach, hiking, accessories for </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6791px; left: 58px;">biking, and many others. Baskets do not have to be </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6812px; left: 58px;">large; in fact, things don't have to be in a basket at </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6833px; left: 58px;">all. Consider a decorated box, plastic bucket, or </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6853px; left: 58px;">another type of container. Let your creative imagi-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6874px; left: 58px;">nation guide you. The main thing is to participate! </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6895px; left: 58px;">I'll be in contact by phone or coming around with </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6915px; left: 58px;">my clipboard so put on your thinking caps. We are </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6936px; left: 58px;">also looking for small jewelry type boxes as well </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6957px; left: 58px;">as hand made crafts. </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 6976px; left: 58px;"><i>Mary Mitchell</i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 6639px; left: 436px;"><b>Pies and Cookies and Cake,  </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6666px; left: 436px;"><b>oh, MY! </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 6694px; left: 436px;">The pie and baked goods booth at the Quietside Festival </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6715px; left: 436px;">will need a supply of pies and baked goods to sell. Pies, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6736px; left: 436px;">whole or by the slice, are always a popular, especially </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6756px; left: 436px;">fruit pies. Blueberry pies are in demand. Any pie you bake </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6777px; left: 436px;">is gratefully accepted. Cream pies, however, do not hold </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6798px; left: 436px;">up well if it is a hot, humid day. Cookies, Mary Mitchell's </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6818px; left: 436px;">yummies, brownies and pound cake sell well. If you have-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6839px; left: 436px;">n't had one of Mary's pretzel yummies, you've missed a </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6860px; left: 436px;">real treat. The committee will also need volunteers to set </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6881px; left: 436px;">up, sell, and clean up the day of the festival. If you want to </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6901px; left: 436px;">help, call Margot at 244-0362. List for pies will be posted </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6922px; left: 436px;">at both St. John and St. Andrew. Thanks. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6943px; left: 436px;">Pie Committee Chairs </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 6963px; left: 436px;"><i>Dottie Ritsko &amp; Margot Haertel </i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 7031px; left: 355px;"><b>Treasure Trove </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 7058px; left: 355px;">Don't forget to gather up those treasures for the sale at St. John's as </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7079px; left: 355px;">part of the Quietside Festival on July 19th. We welcome gently used </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7100px; left: 355px;">linens, toys and games, knick-knacks, kitchenware, costume jewelry, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7121px; left: 355px;">and small household appliances (in working order). No clothing, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7141px; left: 355px;">please. Bring treasures to Priscilla Trafton's garage, 40 Seal Cove </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7162px; left: 355px;">Rd., anytime. Thank you. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7182px; left: 355px;"><i>Ann Benson</i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 7361px; left: 221px;"><b>CONVERSATIONS WITH BARBARA</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 7538px; left: 58px;">Barbara Sawyer had a presence, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7560px; left: 58px;">A beautiful quality </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7582px; left: 58px;">That expressed itself </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7604px; left: 58px;">In the way she spoke, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7627px; left: 58px;">In the way she carried herself, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7649px; left: 58px;">And certainly in the effect </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7671px; left: 58px;">She had on every one of us </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7693px; left: 58px;">Who had the good fortune </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7715px; left: 58px;">To spend even a few moments with her </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7756px; left: 58px;">I did not count the conversations </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7778px; left: 58px;">I had with Barbara Sawyer </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7801px; left: 58px;">But I count them</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7823px; left: 58px;">Among the most enjoyable conversations </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7845px; left: 58px;">I’ve had in my life. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7867px; left: 58px;">We did not speak </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7889px; left: 58px;">Of world affairs  or philosophy </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7912px; left: 58px;">Or other high-minded things. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7934px; left: 58px;">If they came up, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7956px; left: 58px;">I’m sure we quickly moved on </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7978px; left: 58px;">To more pleasant things: </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8000px; left: 58px;">More pleasant things, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8023px; left: 63px;">Such as the beauty </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8045px; left: 58px;">Of the sun’s rays </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8067px; left: 58px;">Making their way </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8089px; left: 58px;">Through the maple trees </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8111px; left: 58px;">To illuminate the lovely glassware </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8134px; left: 58px;">In the windows of the front porch. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8175px; left: 58px;">We did not talk at length </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8197px; left: 58px;">About the cost of health care </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8219px; left: 58px;">Or the price of corn. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8241px; left: 58px;">Instead, we would marvel </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8263px; left: 58px;">At the scores of ducks </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8286px; left: 58px;">And other gentle creatures </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8308px; left: 58px;">She cared for </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8330px; left: 58px;">As they hungrily attacked </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8352px; left: 58px;">The corn she provided them. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7403px; left: 463px;">We did not talk at length </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7425px; left: 463px;">About travel abroad, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7447px; left: 463px;">Of the places we had visited, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7469px; left: 463px;">Or the sights we had seen, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7492px; left: 463px;">For Barbara understood </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7514px; left: 463px;">And always maintained </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7536px; left: 463px;">That there was no finer place </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7558px; left: 463px;">Than Southwest Harbor, Maine, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7580px; left: 463px;">And in particular, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7603px; left: 463px;">54 Clark Point Road. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7643px; left: 463px;">We never talked of how she loved her girls—  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7666px; left: 463px;">Her caregivers. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7688px; left: 463px;">Barbara’s love for those wonderful angels </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7710px; left: 463px;">Who attended to her needs </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7732px; left: 463px;">Spoke for itself -- </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7754px; left: 463px;">In their bountiful love for her. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7795px; left: 463px;">There was no gossip, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7818px; left: 463px;">Never any talk about the lives of others </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7840px; left: 463px;">Those things never came up, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7862px; left: 463px;">For Barbara understood </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7884px; left: 463px;">That there was far more value </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7906px; left: 463px;">In a short conversation with another soul </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7929px; left: 463px;">Than in any discussion about them. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7970px; left: 463px;">There was no need to talk at length </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 7992px; left: 463px;">Of Christ’s command </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8014px; left: 463px;">That we love one another </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8036px; left: 463px;">As he loves us, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8058px; left: 463px;">For Barbara Sawyer embraced Christ’s love </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8080px; left: 463px;">Every moment of her life. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8121px; left: 463px;">Nor were our conversations </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8144px; left: 463px;">Always filled with any talk. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8166px; left: 463px;">Quite often, we would sit in silence </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8188px; left: 463px;">Enjoying the simple pleasure </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8210px; left: 463px;">Of one another’s presence. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8251px; left: 463px;">I did not count the conversations </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8273px; left: 463px;">I had with Barbara Sawyer, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8296px; left: 463px;">But I count them</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8318px; left: 463px;">Among the greatest of blessings </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8340px; left: 463px;">In my life. </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 8381px; left: 463px;"><i>Note:  Barbara Sawyer, a lifelong member of our Parish, </i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8400px; left: 463px;"><i>died on May 30.   </i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 8590px; left: 58px;">On May 4, Joan Grant and I offered a talk during the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8608px; left: 58px;">Adult Education forum at St. John on <i>lectio divina </i>or </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8627px; left: 58px;">“sacred reading,” an ancient practice of reading the Bi-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8645px; left: 58px;">ble for spiritual growth and transformation. While it is a </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8663px; left: 58px;">fairly simple practice, it may not sound that way when</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8681px; left: 58px;">presented in the form of written instructions. Remember </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8699px; left: 58px;">- if one were to read specific instructions for how to tie </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8717px; left: 58px;">one’s shoes, it might seem like an insuperable task! </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8747px; left: 58px;">The relational disposition we bring to reading Scripture </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8765px; left: 58px;">is the most important aspect of this practice. We come </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8784px; left: 58px;">to it seeking God and open to whatever God’s purpose </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8802px; left: 58px;">is for us. The most basic thrust of the Bible, after all, is </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8820px; left: 58px;">God’s seeking to be in relationship with free human </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8838px; left: 58px;">beings and going to any length to do so, first through a </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8856px; left: 58px;">series of covenants in the Hebrew Bible and culminat-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8874px; left: 58px;">ing in the “new covenant” of the Christian Scriptures in</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8892px; left: 58px;">the incarnation when, as John’s gospel puts it, “the</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8910px; left: 58px;">Word became flesh and lived among us…full of grace </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8928px; left: 58px;">and truth.” 1500 years ago, St. Benedict of Nursia  ex-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8947px; left: 58px;">horted readers to “listen with the ear of the heart,” and </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8965px; left: 58px;">since that time, the practice of <i>lectio divina </i>has pro-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8983px; left: 58px;">vided a way for Christians to experience God’s Word as</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9001px; left: 58px;">a living reality. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9031px; left: 58px;">In the practice of <i>lectio divina</i>, we typically work with a </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9049px; left: 58px;">short passage from Scripture. We do this in four steps, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9067px; left: 58px;">each of which uses a different faculty of our being. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9097px; left: 58px;">In the first step of this practice, which is called <i>lectio </i>or </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9116px; left: 77px;">“reading,” you sit in a quiet place and read your pas-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9134px; left: 77px;">sage aloud, slowly and repeatedly. Let yourself be </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9152px; left: 77px;">drawn into the passage, reading it again and again, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9170px; left: 77px;">noticing especially what you are naturally drawn to. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9188px; left: 77px;">Perhaps it’s a word or a phrase or an entire sentence.</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9206px; left: 77px;">The important thing in this step of <i>lectio </i>is noticing </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9224px; left: 77px;">what speaks to your heart, of what is calling to you.</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9254px; left: 58px;">In the second step of this practice, called <i>meditatio </i>or </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9272px; left: 77px;">meditation, you quietly open your faculties – your </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9290px; left: 77px;">intellect, imagination, intuition, memory, and emo-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9308px; left: 77px;">tions – to stimulate your awareness of this passage.</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9327px; left: 77px;">Whatever your thought is, bring all you have to it.</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9345px; left: 77px;">Ask questions of it. (For example, you may become </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9363px; left: 77px;">aware of a sense of harmony you have with the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9381px; left: 77px;">words, or you may discover a sense of dissonance. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9399px; left: 77px;">Ask yourself why. Or you may wish to engage your </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9417px; left: 77px;">imagination, placing yourself in the role of a biblical </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9435px; left: 77px;">character.) In the Gospel of Luke, when the angel </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9453px; left: 77px;">came to Mary in the Annunciation, Scripture says</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9471px; left: 77px;">that Mary “<font color="#2c7c7c" face="Times">…</font>pondered these words in her heart.” </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9490px; left: 77px;">That is what <i>meditatio </i>is – pondering these words in</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9508px; left: 77px;">your heart. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9538px; left: 58px;">The third step is <i>oratio</i>, the Latin word for “prayer.” </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9556px; left: 77px;">Here, let whatever was brought up in the first 2 steps </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9574px; left: 77px;">begin to shape themselves into a prayer. That is, let</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8590px; left: 442px;">whatever it is that was moved in you to touch into your desire –</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8608px; left: 442px;">the yearning of your heart, where your deep sense of mutuality</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8627px; left: 442px;">with God reverberates and where the Spirit begins to pray within</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8645px; left: 442px;">you. (Remember Paul’s words in Rom. 8: 26-27, where he says</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8663px; left: 442px;">that “<font color="#2c7c7c" face="Times">…</font>we do not know how to pray as we ought,<font color="#2c7c7c" face="Times">…</font>” but adds</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8681px; left: 442px;">that here, God’s Spirit intercedes with our spirit “<font color="#2c7c7c" face="Times">…</font>with sighs too </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8699px; left: 442px;">deep for words.”) In <i>oratio</i>, the Word is touching into the deep</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8717px; left: 442px;">currents of our lives and often this is accompanied by a felt sense </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8735px; left: 442px;">of inner aliveness in some aspect of our being. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8765px; left: 423px;">The fourth stage is <i>contemplatio </i>or contemplation that Christians </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8784px; left: 442px;">since antiquity have described as “resting in God.” Here, aware </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8802px; left: 442px;">that our prayer is “too deep for words,” we stop doing and simply</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8820px; left: 442px;">open ourselves to God’s Presence. Letting go of all thoughts, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8838px; left: 442px;">worries, anxieties, we release whatever our need was to God’s </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8856px; left: 442px;">safe keeping and allow the Spirit to pray in us. We place our </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8874px; left: 442px;">heads on Jesus’ breast. Often, this step is accompanied by a felt</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8892px; left: 442px;">sense of openness, spaciousness and freedom. <i>Contemplatio </i>is</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8910px; left: 442px;">pure grace. Here, we let go and let God. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8940px; left: 423px;">That’s the practice of <i>lectio divina </i>in a nutshell. Three questions that</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8959px; left: 423px;">often arise are the following: How do I know what Scripture to</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8977px; left: 423px;">choose? How much time does this practice take? And what basic </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 8995px; left: 423px;">resources for reading the Bible might I use?</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9025px; left: 423px;">1) On how to choose Scripture passages: I recommend that Episco-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9043px; left: 423px;">palians use the <i>Daily Office Lectionary</i>, which provides short, bite-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9061px; left: 423px;">sized passages of scripture each day. It provides Psalms, an Old Tes-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9079px; left: 423px;">tament reading, an Epistle and a Gospel reading for each day. Were</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9097px; left: 423px;">you to read all of these daily, the Lectionary would take you through</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9115px; left: 423px;">most of the Bible in 2 years. But this is too much for <i>lectio</i>. I recom-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9134px; left: 423px;">mend that you take one or two of the readings for each day. Follow-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9152px; left: 423px;">ing the lectionary, you’ll read whole books of the Bible over con-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9170px; left: 423px;">secutive days, and this allows you to gain a sense of the spirit of that</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9188px; left: 423px;">particular author or authors. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9218px; left: 423px;">2) Re: the question of time: <i>Lectio divina </i>is a fluid practice, expand-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9236px; left: 423px;">ing or contracting according to the amount of time you have to de-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9254px; left: 423px;">vote to it. My daily practice, which includes the first three steps of </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9272px; left: 423px;"><i>lectio divina </i>and Centering Prayer as a way of opening to <i>contem-</i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9290px; left: 423px;"><i>platio</i>, typically takes from 30 to 45 minutes each morning. (20 min-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9308px; left: 423px;">utes of this time is devoted to Centering Prayer.) Over a period of </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9327px; left: 423px;">time, as the practice becomes patterned into you, you’ll notice a </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9345px; left: 423px;">prayer going on at subtle levels of your being throughout the day, of </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9363px; left: 423px;">what St. Paul described as “prayer without ceasing.” I suggest that </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9381px; left: 423px;">you find a time you can dedicate daily to this practice, when your </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9399px; left: 423px;">mind is clear and you’re alert. For many of us, early morning fits the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9417px; left: 423px;">bill. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9447px; left: 423px;">3) Lastly, in terms of aids for reading Scripture: Helpful background </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9465px; left: 423px;">information for reading Scripture can be found in a study Bible such </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9484px; left: 423px;">as the Oxford Annotated Bible, the Harper Collins Study Bible or the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9502px; left: 423px;">Jerusalem Bible. Another useful resource is a one-volume commen-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9520px; left: 423px;">tary such as the Jerome Biblical Commentary. </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 9737px; left: 58px;"><b>STEPHEN TAYLOR LANE CONSECRATED  </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9765px; left: 58px;"><b>AS 9</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 9766px; left: 114px;"><b>th</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 9765px; left: 137px;"><b>BISHOP OF MAINE </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 9792px; left: 58px;">Stephen Lane is our Bishop coadjutor; by definition he is Assistant Bishop with the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9813px; left: 58px;">right of succession upon the resignation of the diocesan bishop, (Episcopal News Ser-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9834px; left: 58px;">vice, Glossary of Terms). </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9865px; left: 58px;">In the June issue of <i>The Northeast </i>Bishop Chilton answers the following question: Is </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9886px; left: 58px;">Steve Lane our bishop now?</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9917px; left: 58px;">Yes and no. He is our bishop coadjutor, which means he is not yet the diocesan bishop </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9937px; left: 58px;">but a bishop with and for our diocese. Steve will become the 9th bishop of Maine and </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9958px; left: 58px;">the ecclesiastical authority of the Diocese of Maine on Saturday, September 13 (11 a.m. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9979px; left: 58px;">at the cathedral, the Rt. Rev. James Curry, vice president of province 1, officiating) in a </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 9999px; left: 58px;">public service called the Investiture and Seating of a Diocesan Bishop. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10031px; left: 58px;">In that beautiful and powerful liturgy I will pass the diocesan crosier (another name for the bishop's staff, sig-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10051px; left: 58px;">nifying the bishop's role as chief pastor of a diocese) to Stephen and he will be seated in the bishop's chair (the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10072px; left: 58px;">"cathedra," hence the name "cathedral"), thereby becoming the 9th bishop of Maine. As Steve is fond of say-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10093px; left: 58px;">ing, "Remember that Chilton is the bishop of Maine until September 13." </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 10196px; left: 523px;"><b>WORSHIP SCHEDULE </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 10228px; left: 649px;"><b>Sundays </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10248px; left: 526px;">8:00 a.m.—St. Andrew, Rt. 102, Seal Cove </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10269px; left: 536px;">10:00 a.m.—St. John, Southwest Harbor  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10290px; left: 634px;"><b>Wednesdays </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10310px; left: 603px;">9:30 a.m.—St. John’s </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 10349px; left: 563px;"><b>SCRIPTURE READINGS</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 10373px; left: 654px;"><b>June 15</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10391px; left: 550px;">Psalm 116:1-2, 12-17; Genesis 18:1-15; </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10410px; left: 563px;">Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35-10:23 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10430px; left: 654px;"><b>June 22</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10448px; left: 550px;">Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17; Genesis 21:8-21; </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10467px; left: 561px;">Romans 6:1b-11; Matthew 10:24-39 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10486px; left: 654px;"><b>June 29</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10505px; left: 591px;">Psalm 13; Genesis 22;1-14;  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10524px; left: 561px;">Romans 6:12-23; Matthew 10:40-42 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10543px; left: 660px;"><b>July 6 </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10562px; left: 521px;">Psalm 45:11-18; Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10581px; left: 534px;">Romans 7:15-25a; Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10600px; left: 656px;"><b>July 13</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10619px; left: 555px;">Psalm 119:105-112; Genesis 25:19-34 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10638px; left: 550px;">Romans 8:1-11; Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10657px; left: 656px;"><b>July 20</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10676px; left: 540px;">Psalm 139:1-11, 22-23; Genesis 28:10-19a </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10695px; left: 538px;">Romans 8:12-25; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10714px; left: 656px;"><b>July 27</b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10733px; left: 551px;">Psalm 105:1-11, 45b; Genesis 29:15-28</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 10752px; left: 525px;">Romans 8:26-39; Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 10196px; left: 58px;"><b>BIBLE SCHOOL RALLY </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10227px; left: 58px;"><b>SUNDAY, JUNE 22</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 10227px; left: 349px;"><b>AT NOON</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 10258px; left: 58px;">and an outing at Susannah's Beach, a VBS Reunion !!! </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10279px; left: 58px;">Sunday, June 22, 2008 at Noon - All Bible School students, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10299px; left: 58px;">past and future, are invited to gather at St John's Church </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10320px; left: 58px;">yard for a Bible School Rally. We plan to celebrate sum-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10341px; left: 58px;">mertime friendships and share information about the 2008 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10362px; left: 58px;">Vacation Bible School, planned for August 11-15, 2008 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10382px; left: 58px;">(Rain-day location will be the church undercroft, but we ex-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10403px; left: 58px;">pect sunshine.) </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10434px; left: 58px;">Our VBS teachers and volunteers, past, present and future, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10455px; left: 58px;">are also invited to attend the June 22 Rally - to be recog-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10475px; left: 58px;">nized, and to say "Hello" to the VBS children, and to par-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10496px; left: 58px;">ticipate in the summertime fun. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10527px; left: 58px;">At the conclusion of the brief Bible School Rally  -  all VBS </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10548px; left: 58px;">participants are also invited to "Susannah's Beach" for an </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10569px; left: 58px;">afternoon of fellowship and fun.  Transport will be pro-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10589px; left: 58px;">vided / coordinated so all children can attend. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10620px; left: 58px;">Of Note: Our  FAVORITE  Vacation Bible School fieldtrip </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10641px; left: 58px;">last summer was our trip to Susannah's - She has invited the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10662px; left: 58px;">children and their chaperones to come again ... for beach </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10682px; left: 58px;">combing, wading, outdoor play and fellowship.  We are </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10703px; left: 58px;">grateful for the invitation, and look forward to a fun reunion </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10724px; left: 58px;">on her beach.  It's a great day and great place to spend time </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10744px; left: 58px;">together. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10765px; left: 58px;"><i>Pamela VanWechel </i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10138px; left: 61px;"><b>SAVE THE DATE: </b>The Right Rev. Stephen Lane will visit St. Andrew &amp; St. John on Sunday, August 24</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 10937px; left: 147px;">Birthdays </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 10990px; left: 212px;"><b>JUNE </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11010px; left: 168px;">1—Ted Bromage </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11031px; left: 160px;">10—Cole McEnroe </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11052px; left: 165px;">11—John Hewlett </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11072px; left: 168px;">15—Mary Vekasi </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11093px; left: 172px;">22—Deb Parlee </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11114px; left: 148px;">22 — Betty Whittlesey </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11134px; left: 169px;">24—Dean Henry </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11155px; left: 162px;">24 — Mark Furrow </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11176px; left: 174px;">25—Jim Vekasi </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11197px; left: 167px;">27—Bill Voorhies </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11217px; left: 213px;"><b>JULY </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11238px; left: 158px;">2—William Fletcher </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11259px; left: 168px;">4—Ida Smallidge </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11279px; left: 163px;">5—Andrew Pooler </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11300px; left: 169px;">7—Mary Mitchell </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11321px; left: 162px;">20—Dana Hiscock </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11341px; left: 153px;">20 — Onorio Cerrato </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11362px; left: 171px;">26—Bill Krueger </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11383px; left: 148px;">29—Elizabeth Hewlett </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11404px; left: 158px;">31—Chris Peterson </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11424px; left: 154px;">31—Sophie Burchell </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 11478px; left: 157px;">Wedding</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11517px; left: 110px;">Anniversaries </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 11564px; left: 212px;"><b>JUNE </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11585px; left: 148px;">6—Joe &amp; Cass Wright </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11606px; left: 125px;">7—Dana &amp; Kathryn Hiscock </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11626px; left: 126px;">7—Onorio &amp; Nancy Cerrato </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11647px; left: 129px;">16—Sam &amp; Mary Parkman </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11668px; left: 121px;">20—Mike &amp; Dencie McEnroe </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11688px; left: 111px;">27—Bill &amp; Becky Buyers-Basso </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11709px; left: 136px;">27—Bill &amp; Diane Krueger </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11730px; left: 148px;">29—Lee &amp; Anne Judd </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11751px; left: 126px;">20—Sam &amp; Mary Lawrence </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11771px; left: 80px;">30—Richard Tardiff &amp; Pam VanWechel </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11792px; left: 213px;"><b>JULY </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11813px; left: 97px;">22—Ken Cochrane &amp; Rita Redfield </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11833px; left: 141px;">24—Sam &amp; Elise Felton </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11854px; left: 127px;">25—Bill &amp; Marilyn Voorhies </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11875px; left: 108px;">31—John &amp; Susan Covino Buell</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 10925px; left: 450px;"><b>MAGNETIC NORTH  </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 10956px; left: 450px;"><b>Thomas Merton</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 10980px; left: 450px;">The first in a series of three stories of vocation--- </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11001px; left: 450px;">How do we find our vocation? All of us feel a yearning, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11022px; left: 450px;">a desire, a pull toward what we feel is God's plan for us. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11042px; left: 450px;">Questions present themselves. "What should I be do-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11063px; left: 450px;">ing?" and "What am I feeling?" They are there for each </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11084px; left: 450px;">of us. Thomas Merton is arguably one the most impor-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11104px; left: 450px;">tant of 20</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 11104px; left: 532px;">century theologians and his autobiography </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11125px; left: 450px;"><i>The Seven Storey Mountain </i>has been recognized as one </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11146px; left: 450px;">of the most influential religious works of our time. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11176px; left: 450px;">Merton, after showing little interest in church as a child </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11196px; left: 450px;">and experiencing a troubled time at Cambridge Univer-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11217px; left: 450px;">sity, discovered Catholicism in a real sense at Columbia </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11238px; left: 450px;">University. It was during this period that he matured and </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11258px; left: 450px;">became reconciled to the loss of his parents and the lack </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11279px; left: 450px;">of stability in his early life. In the chapter of his autobi-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11300px; left: 450px;">ography titled "Magnetic North", he recounts how a </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11320px; left: 450px;">teacher at Columbia, Dan Walsh, advised him to look at </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11341px; left: 450px;">joining an order instead of exploring parish ministry. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11362px; left: 450px;">Merton felt drawn to the Franciscans, but ultimately he </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11383px; left: 450px;">was denied a place in this order. Disappointed, he ac-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11403px; left: 450px;">cepted a teaching position at St. Bonaventure feeling </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11424px; left: 450px;">that he could live among the friars even if he could not </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11445px; left: 450px;">become one. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11474px; left: 450px;">After a retreat to the Abbey of Gethsemane in Kentucky, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11495px; left: 450px;">he began to feel a pull toward the Cistercian Order. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11516px; left: 450px;">While considering his future, he pulled out his Vulgate </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11536px; left: 450px;">Bible and randomly pointed his finger at a passage. The </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11557px; left: 450px;">Gospel of Luke told him, "Behold, thou shalt be silent" </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11578px; left: 450px;">further drawing him to a specific calling and the Abbey. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11599px; left: 450px;">He entered the Abbey in 1942 as a novice monk and was </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11619px; left: 450px;">ordained a priest in 1949. During this period he grew </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11640px; left: 450px;">comfortable with his abilities as a writer. One's place in </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11661px; left: 450px;">society, views on social activism, and various ap-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11681px; left: 450px;">proaches to contemplative prayer became constant </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11702px; left: 450px;">themes in his writing. His path toward vocation and ful-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11723px; left: 450px;">fillment is most eloquently told in <i>The Seven Storey </i></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11743px; left: 450px;"><i>Mountain. </i>Since his accidental death in 1968, his influ-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11764px; left: 450px;">ence has continued to grow, particularly around the is-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11785px; left: 450px;">sues of social justice, civil rights and the proliferation of </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11805px; left: 450px;">nuclear arms. A peace prize in his memory is awarded </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11826px; left: 450px;">each year. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11856px; left: 450px;">As we are all drawn to "Magnetic North", the pull takes </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11877px; left: 450px;">us near but not directly to "True North". That step re-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11897px; left: 450px;">quires the faith and the grace that Merton found and we </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11918px; left: 450px;">all seek. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 11938px; left: 450px;"><i>Cass Wright</i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 13073px; left: 595px;"><b>Office Hours: </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 13093px; left: 540px;">Monday · Tuesday · Thursday </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 12113px; left: 58px;"><b>THANKS FOR SUNDAY FORUMS </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 12141px; left: 58px;">This is just a short expression of gratitude to Bill Baker for putting together such a stimulating series of discus-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12162px; left: 58px;">sions between the Sunday services this past spring. Without exception the speakers and their topics were  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12183px; left: 58px;">extremely well received. Each of the presenters generated excellent questions from those present.  Without  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12203px; left: 58px;">exception, the topics were varied, stimulating and well organized. Many of the presenters came from outside </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12224px; left: 58px;">the congregation allowing members of the community to learn more about the work of our friends and </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12245px; left: 58px;">neighbors.  Also the new screen that Anne Wetzel generously gave to the parish greatly improves the slide  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12265px; left: 58px;">and picture presentations. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12286px; left: 58px;">Thanks, Bill </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12306px; left: 58px;"><i>Ted Fletcher</i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 12356px; left: 58px;"><b>HEATING OIL </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 12388px; left: 58px;">I’ve been working on the ARC group heating oil/</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12408px; left: 58px;">propane purchase for about a month – this is the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12429px; left: 58px;">time of year when prices historically tend to decline.  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12450px; left: 58px;">This has not happened and as of this writing (6/8)</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12470px; left: 58px;">the price of a barrel of oil has risen almost 9% - </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12491px; left: 58px;">something we all see at the gas pump.  Currently, </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12512px; left: 58px;">residential oil pre-buying is at a level of about </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12533px; left: 58px;">$4.65+/- per gallon.  There are many plans to help </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12553px; left: 58px;">confuse the issue.  Some consumers won’t commit </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12574px; left: 58px;">and hope the price declines.  Others are locking in at </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12595px; left: 58px;">today’s prices. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12626px; left: 58px;">No Frills Oil Co. is working on a novel averaging</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12646px; left: 58px;">plan where a customer commits for say, 1,000 gal-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12667px; left: 58px;">lons, with the “buy” going in for four, 250 gallon </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12688px; left: 58px;">lots over 4 months.  If interested, give me a call for </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12708px; left: 58px;">details.  Once committed (there is a state-required </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12729px; left: 58px;">written contract) the deal is done.  Payment for the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12750px; left: 58px;">first purchase will be due on signing, with the others </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12770px; left: 58px;">due as the other 3 purchases are executed.  Remem-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12791px; left: 58px;">ber that No Frills (422-3581) is still offering an 8-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12812px; left: 58px;">cent/gallon discount to parishioners below the daily </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12833px; left: 58px;">cash price.  They offer similar savings to propane </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12853px; left: 58px;">users. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12884px; left: 58px;">These difficult (agonizing for both dealer and cus-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12905px; left: 58px;">tomer) times are the product of a speculative oil fu-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12926px; left: 58px;">tures market, the low value of the dollar, com-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12946px; left: 58px;">pounded by increasing demand by rapidly growing </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12967px; left: 58px;">economies in India and China.   What can lower the </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12988px; left: 58px;">price?  Decreasing demand due to conservation ef-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 13009px; left: 58px;">forts, the slowing of our economy, and speculative </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 13029px; left: 58px;">oil being released by those in the futures market.</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 13050px; left: 58px;">One of the things you can do to save money is to </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 13071px; left: 58px;">have an energy audit on your home – more on that in </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 13091px; left: 58px;">August. </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 13110px; left: 58px;"><i>Ted Bromage</i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 13114px; left: 189px;">(244-3227)</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 12356px; left: 450px;"><b>CONGRATULATIONS </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12384px; left: 450px;"><b>TO GRADUATES </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 12411px; left: 450px;">It is with pride in these young folks </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12432px; left: 450px;">that we at St. John's recognize their </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12453px; left: 450px;">accomplishments and wish them well... </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12494px; left: 450px;"><b>Marisa Buyers-Basso</b>---graduated from Bucknell Uni-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12515px; left: 450px;">versity with a degree in environmental engineering </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12536px; left: 450px;"><b>Mark Furrow</b>----graduated from University of Maine </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12556px; left: 450px;"><b>Sarah Vekasi</b>--graduated from Naropa University with </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12577px; left: 450px;">a Master's of Divinity. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12618px; left: 450px;"><b>Ian Campbell</b>---from MDI high; will be attending</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12639px; left: 450px;">Curry College in Milton Mass pursuing criminal justice. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12660px; left: 450px;"><b>Ezra Halkett</b>----graduated from MDI high School; is </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12681px; left: 450px;">headed for St. Andrew's College in South Carolina. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12722px; left: 450px;"><b>Linnea Erickson</b>----graduated from Tremont School; </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12743px; left: 450px;">will be a freshman at MDI High School in the Fall. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12763px; left: 450px;"><b>Toni Willey</b>--graduated from Pemetic School; will be a </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12784px; left: 450px;">freshman at MDI High School in the Fall. </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 12829px; left: 450px;"><b>ARC (Acadia Regional Coalition) </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 12857px; left: 450px;">The ARC will gather at St. Saviour’s on Tuesday, June </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12877px; left: 450px;">17</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 12877px; left: 481px;">at 7 to continue building our area church commu-</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12898px; left: 450px;">nity.  Plans for summer bible study/experience for kids </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12919px; left: 450px;">will be finalized, and discussion of joint fuel purchases </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12940px; left: 450px;">for the coming winter will be a “hot” topic.  See related </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12960px; left: 450px;">articles in this issue. We are still seeking an additional </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 12981px; left: 450px;">representative from Sts. Andrew &amp; John – how about </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 13002px; left: 450px;">you? Please contact Sarah Flynn (244-9496) or Ted </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 13022px; left: 450px;">Bromage (244-3227)  for more information. </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 13301px; left: 45px;">The Net Tender - </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 13312px; left: 281px;">June/July 2008 </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 13346px; left: 49px;">St. Andrew &amp; St. John Episcopal Church </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 13376px; left: 45px;">315 Main Street ● P.O. Box 767 ● Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 13391px; left: 45px;">Phone 207-244-3229 Fax 207-244-3256 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 13407px; left: 45px;">E-mail: <b><a href="mailto:saints315@verizon.net" target="_blank">saints315@verizon.net</a> </b>/ website: <b><a href="http://www.saintsmdi.org/" target="_blank">www.saintsmdi.org</a></b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 13953px; left: 139px;"><b>INSIDE: </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 13974px; left: 68px;">Anniversaries/Birthdays</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 13974px; left: 243px;">10 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 13991px; left: 68px;">ARC </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 13991px; left: 243px;">11</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14008px; left: 68px;">Bake Sale</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14008px; left: 251px;">2 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14026px; left: 68px;">Barbara Sawyer </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14026px; left: 251px;">7</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14043px; left: 68px;">Bible School</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14043px; left: 251px;">9 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14060px; left: 68px;">Bishop Lane</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14060px; left: 251px;">9 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14077px; left: 68px;">ERD </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14077px; left: 251px;">3 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14095px; left: 68px;">Farmer’s Market </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14095px; left: 251px;">2 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14112px; left: 68px;">Food Pantry</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14112px; left: 251px;">4 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14129px; left: 68px;">Graduates </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14129px; left: 243px;">11 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14146px; left: 68px;">Heating Oil</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14146px; left: 243px;">11</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14164px; left: 68px;">Magnetic North</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14164px; left: 243px;">10 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14181px; left: 68px;">Quietside Festival </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14181px; left: 238px;">5-6</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14198px; left: 68px;">Rector’s Reflection</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14198px; left: 251px;">1 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14215px; left: 68px;">Sacred Reading </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14215px; left: 251px;">8 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14233px; left: 68px;">Sr. Warden’s Notes</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14233px; left: 251px;">2 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14250px; left: 68px;">Steering Committee </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14250px; left: 251px;">4 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14267px; left: 68px;">Stewardship</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14267px; left: 251px;">3 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14284px; left: 68px;">Sunday Forums</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14284px; left: 243px;">11 </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14302px; left: 68px;">Thoughts for Our Time</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14302px; left: 251px;">1</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14319px; left: 68px;">Worship Schedule</div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14319px; left: 251px;">9 </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 13478px; left: 45px;"><b>Rector </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 13496px; left: 45px;">The Rev. Richard Tardiff </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 13517px; left: 45px;">244-4037</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 13534px; left: 45px;"><b>Organist </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 13553px; left: 45px;">William Voorhies </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 13574px; left: 45px;"><b>Parish Administrator </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 13592px; left: 45px;">Michele Daley  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 13613px; left: 45px;"><b>Editors </b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 13632px; left: 45px;">Mimi &amp; Frank Barnes </div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 13963px; left: 315px;"><b>MOUNT DESERT ORGAN FESTIVAL </b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 13991px; left: 315px;">Please save the evenings of August 20</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 13991px; left: 604px;">and 21</div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 13991px; left: 819px;">to </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14011px; left: 315px;">enjoy Kevin Birch, Douglas Beck, and Julia Morris-Myers perform for us.  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14032px; left: 315px;">We’ll host the first two sessions and St. Saviour the final August Friday </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14053px; left: 315px;">noon recital (of 4).  Our expenses will be about $850 – we have a challenge </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14074px; left: 315px;">grant of $350, if you can, please consider helping meet this challenge.   </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14094px; left: 315px;">Details in the August Net Tender. </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14114px; left: 315px;"><i>Ted Bromage </i></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 14180px; left: 316px;"><b>THE RETURN OF <i>Love Letters</i></b></div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14207px; left: 316px;"><b>WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 30</b></div>
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<div style="position: absolute; top: 14235px; left: 316px;">Good news!  Chloe Hatcher and Phil Fox return to St. John's </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14256px; left: 316px;">to perform this insightful and delightful two-person play.  </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14276px; left: 316px;">Details to follow -- save the date, invite your friends, and </div>
<div style="position: absolute; top: 14297px; left: 316px;">spread the word.</div>
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